London 2012 : BBC to cover every sport
July 26, 2011 · 0 Comments
The BBC have unveiled ambitious plans to cover every sport from every venue of the London 2012 Olympics on the BBC website, totalling 2,000 hours of live sport.
With the potential for 12 sports to be taking place simultaneously on many days of next year’s Olympic Games, it promises to be the corporation’s most ambitious coverage of an Olympics to date.
In readiness, and ahead of events to mark 1 year to London 2012, the BBC have launched an online guide to help people to start planning their viewing – highlighting ‘ones to watch’ and ‘medal events’. The website will be updated over the next 12 months as more detail becomes available about which teams are competing, competition draws and when British teams will play.
All of that information, the selection of British competitors, medal prospects and overall editorial priorities will allow the BBC to decide what will be featured on the main BBC TV channels and on the Red Button.
Dave Gordon, the BBC’s head of major events, said: “If you want to spend all day watching the water polo or fencing or taekwondo or swimming, or any combination of the 26 sports, for the first time you can. The choice is yours rather than ours.
“As host nation broadcaster, this online guide is the first step in realising our commitment to making every sport from every venue where it’s happening on every day of the games available to the British public.
“From the start of the early morning action until the end of competition just before midnight, there will be live BBC Sport online coverage. You can look at the big picture each day, planning for those not to be missed events.”
Tags: BBC Sport, Dave Gordon, London 2012, Olympics
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